Improvement in



Patented Oct. 19,18 75.

A. RIPPIEN.

Apple-Faring Machine.

N-FETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEIL WASHINGTON. D C,

. UNITED STATES PATENT.

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ADOLPH RIPPIEN, OF READING, PA. A ssIeNoE TQ WILLIAM HARBSTER, MATHA'NHARBSTER, AND WILLIAM M. GBISOOM, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE-PARING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,040, dated October19,1875; application filed May 31, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH RIPPIEN, of Reading, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Apple-Faring Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of my invention is to so combine a supplementary knife withthe knocking-ofi lever of an apple-paring machine that the portion ofskin which remains on the fruitat'ter being subjected to the ordinarymachine shall be peeled off/ This object I attain in the manner which Iwill now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure l is a side view of suiiicient of anapple-paring machine to illustrate my invention; Fig. 2, a plan view ofthe device shown in Fig. 1; and, Fig. 3, a detached view of thesupplementary knife, drawn to an enlarged scale.

A represents a portion of the frame of an apple-paring machine; B, thedriviug-wheel, on the shaft of which is a bevel-pinion, D, gearing intothe usual bevel-wheel E, the latter carrying the spring-arm F, which isfurnished with the ordinary paring-blade a. The driving-wheel B gearsinto a pinion, G, on a spindle armed with the usual prongs h, to whichthe apple to be pared is attached.

The abovedescribed parts are similar to, and perform the same duties as,those of ordinary paring-machines.

H is aspriug-lever, which performs the usual duty of forcing thepuredapplefrom the prongs h, and to the upper end of this lever I attach ablade, I, as shown in the enlarged view, Fig. 3, the lower short arm ofthis lever being acted on by a rib, m, on the edge of the wheel E, in

the manner which I will now proceed to explain. As long as the rib isfree from contact with the arm of the knocking-01f lever the blade Iwill occupy the-position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, but as soon asthe rib comes in contact with the lever, the latter will be moved to theposition shown by plain lines in Fig. 1, and the supplementaryparing-blade will be in the proper position for removing that portion ofthe skin of the apple which in ordinary machines escapes the action ofthe main paring-blade. Owing to the concentricity of the rib m with thewheel E the supplementary blade I remains stationary in the positionshown in Fig. 1 long enough to remove every particle of this portion ofthe skin, after which a projection, 01, in which the said ribterminates, comes in contact with the short arm of the knocking-01flever H, and the long arm consequently pushes the pared apple from theprongs IL.

1 desire it to he understood that I do not claim, broadly, the use of asupplementary knife for removing the skin from the base of the apple, asone mode of efiectiug this removal is shown in the case of WV. M.(:lrIlSUOlIl tiled June 16,1875; but

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in an apple-paringmachine,of a supplementary blade, I, with the knocking-off lever, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination of the knocking-offlever of an appleuring machine andits supplementary knife, the rib m, and projection 12 on the wheel F.

In testimony whereof I have signed my I name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

